Memorial Day reminds us to honor those who gave all, so that all of us might know freedom. Three-day weekends inevitably turn to the festive, but this really is a time to think about death, and loss, and the selfless sacrifices of our Veterans.

I spoke last week at a symposium on nutrition and public health at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. Among others on the panel with me was Richard Starmann, the former head of Corporate Communications for McDonald’s…

I am recently back from my most recent visit to Mindstream Academy, a boarding school that preferentially addresses the needs of middle and high-school students with severe obesity and related health problems.